COVID-19 as the leading cause of hospital deaths in the Brazilian public health system in 2020

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ZIMMERMANN, Ivan Ricardo et al. COVID-19 as a leading cause of hospitalizations with death in the Brazilian Public Health System in 2020. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, v. 113, p. 162-165, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.09.077. Disponível em: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221007852#abs0002.

Abstract:
Objectives: To describe the profile of hospital deaths in Brazil according to cause of admission during the pre-pandemic (2019) and pandemic periods (2020). Methods: Descriptive study based on individual-level records of all hospital admissions with death outcomes reimbursed by the Brazilian National Health System in 2019 and 2020. Results: The number of hospital deaths increased by 16.7% in 2020 compared with 2019 (522,686 vs 609,755). Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was associated with 19.5% (118,879) of all hospital deaths in 2020, surpassing diseases of the circulatory system (15.4%, 93,735) and diseases of the respiratory system (14.9%, 91,035). Conclusions: COVID-19 was the main cause of death in public hospitals in Brazil in 2020.